19:50 Newbury

Thursday 6 July 2023

All17:0517:3518:0518:4019:1519:5020:2521:00

Country & Town House Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 19:50 | Winning time: 1m 26.43s

1^st

(8)

Hot Chesnut

59-8

8/1

T: D K IvoryJ: Jefferson Smith

Raced keenly in last trio, good headway between horses going well over 1f out, quickened to lead entering final furlong, soon clear, ran on well op 11/1

2^nd

1 ¾

(7)

Snuggle

39-6

8/1

T: E WalkerJ: Connor Planas (5)

Tracked leaders near side of group, headway into 2nd inside final furlong, kept on but never going pace of winner op 11/2

3^rd

(5)

Flying Secret

410-0

9/2

T: Eve Johnson HoughtonJ: Mia Nicholls (7)

Raced keenly, pressed leader, slight lead halfway, shaken up and headed entering final furlong, hung left and lost 2nd inside final furlong, no extra in 3rd op 7/2

4^th

(3)

Daahes

39-5

13/2

T: R HannonJ: Dane O'Neill

Led and set steady pace, narrowly headed halfway, pushed along and lost 2nd over 2f out, ridden and outpaced over 1f out, stayed on again towards finish op 11/2

5^th

(4)

Al Baahy

49-11

14/1

T: K FrostJ: D C Costello

Started slowly and awkwardly away, held up in rear, headway far side of group and plugged on towards finish op 18/1

6^th

(2)

Eddie Temple

39-3

6/4f

T: Owen BurrowsJ: K Stott

Wore hood to post,tracked leaders and keen, switched right 3f out, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden and lost 2nd over 1f out, no impression when weakened and lost two places towards finish op 7/4

7^th

1 ¼

(1)

La Maquina

89-13

13/2

T: Harry EustaceJ: Pierre-Louis Jamin (3)

Steadied start, raced keenly and held up in last trio, pushed along and no response over 2f out, never involved op 7/1 tchd 15/2

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Non-Runners

(6)

Dancinginthewoods¹¹⁹

Weight: 9-10| Age: 6

T: Miss A Murphy J: Oisin Murphy

(9)

Epsom Faithfull²⁵

Weight: 10-2| Age: 6

T: P Phelan J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.00Pl:£3.30, £2.60EX:£68.50Trifecta:£298.40Tricast:£323.06SF:£67.14Swingers:£6.90, £6.50, £3.70

Forecasts

Eddie Temple (6/4), Flying Secret (9/2), Daahes (13/2), La Maquina (13/2), Hot Chesnut (8/1), Snuggle (8/1), Dancinginthewoods (10/1), Epsom Faithfull (10/1), Al Baahy (14/1)

DAAHES has plenty about him physically and has improved with each run to date, so he's fancied to open his account at the first attempt in handicaps. Fellow 3yo Eddie Temple is an obvious danger and Flying Secret deserves plenty of respect.